Word: pearle
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...Brien's newly released King Kong. "I thought to myself, 'I will someday make a monster movie like that,'" Tsuburaya said years later. First, however, came the horror story of World War II, which he spent laboring on propaganda films. His scale-model re-enactment of the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing was so convincing that it was passed off as genuine in a postwar documentary by U.S. occupation authorities...
When asked to choose the object that best represented him, Alexander J. Tennant ’08 picked a gift from his great-uncle: a black-and-white photograph of unidentified soldiers during Pearl Harbor. “The picture means a lot to me because I am a pretty patriotic person,” said Tennant. “It also reflects my desire to really understand my family and random people that I meet. I want to know what makes them tick, what they love about their lives.” This eager and unassuming friendliness has characterized...
...Contrasts Gallery A pioneer of the city's gallery scene, Contrasts, www.contrastsgallery.com, was opened in 1992, just three years after government clampdowns on avant-garde artists (and that little blip at Tiananmen Square). It's owned and run by the Hong Kong-born entrepreneur, Pearl Lam. Her aim is to celebrate the best in Chinese modern art while exploring its relationship with 5,000 years of the country's artistic tradition. You can see some of the hottest names there - Sun Liang, Yang Bo, Chen Yun, Shao Fan and Hu Youben among them. Classy, collectible stuff - if you're rich...
...private dinner in Hong Kong this month and then flown immediately to New York City, includes pieces reminiscent of the mythical island and its lost civilization. Underwater icons such as fish (below), shells and the waves of the sea are recurring themes. One magnificent ring features a 59-carat pearl with baroque diamonds splashing around...
...primetime television show in which he stars. Baldwin said some of the writers are Harvard graduates, who come up with the show’s snarky sketches and scenarios he brings to life. In an interview with The Crimson following the event, Baldwin offered Harvard students a pearl of wisdom. “You have the world by the balls, and I want you to swing it over your head,” he said...